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Cities must become ‘disaster-proof’

Urbanisation has undoubtedly augmented the pace of economic development and prosperity in many nations. However, industrialization led urbanisation has caused…

5 years ago

City resilience & local governments

The advance preparation and planning to minimize human casualties during Cyclone Fani was hailed by all. However several commentators felt…

5 years ago

24×7 Water Supply A dream in pipeline?

India is one of the most water-challenged countries. The situation is getting worse by the day due to its depleting…

6 years ago

Cities prioritizing people’s aspirations

The scale and pace of urbanization are putting pressure on city governments in almost every developing economy as they are…

6 years ago

Environment taking centre stage in urban management

A few decades ago, city governments in India were not much concerned about the environmental impact of the expansion of…

6 years ago

Urban Priorities – new approaches

If you keep doing the same things, you will get the same results” goes a saying which sounds logical too.…

6 years ago

How much social is our urban infrastructure?

Social infrastructure includes a combination of basic facilities important for human development. Therefore, the quality of basic civic services provided…

6 years ago

How will cities grow in future?

When more people arrive in cities, they need to be accommodated sustainably. Governments have multiple options at their disposal—create new…

6 years ago

Changing course of urbanisation

Indian polity has remained hesitant in welcoming urbanisation as a defining trend of the twenty-first century and is therefore not…

6 years ago

Designing cities for the future

By 2050, India would have added 416 million urban dwellers as compared to China’s 255 million, as per UN estimates.…

6 years ago